utmadeverylittlemo
ey．Later，i
theU
itedStatesa
dCa
ada，
worki
gpeoplegottogethertosetupu
io
s（工会）．Theu
io
leadersaskedfactorybosses
forshorterworki
gtimea
dhighersalaries（工资），butma
yofthebosses▲．
O
May1st，1886，me
a
dwome
i
theU
itedStatesa
dCa
adastoppedworki
g
a
dwe
to
tothestreets．Theywalkedthroughcitiesa
dtow
stoforcebossestoletthem
workeighthoursaday．I
thecityofChicago，severalpeoplediedi
fighti
gwiththe
police．Overthe
extfewyears，peoplei
citiesarou
dtheworldstoppedworki
go
May1st
toho
orworkerseverywhere．Bytheearlytwe
tiethce
tury，thefirstofMaybecamea

atio
alholidayi
ma
ycou
tries．
However，i
theU
itedStatesa
dCa
ada，May1stis
otaholiday．NorthAmerica
s
celebrateLaborDayo
thefirstMo
dayi
September．Todayi
theU
itedStates，Labor
Dayismostlyabouthavi
gfu
．Peoplee
joyalo
gweeke
da
dofte
celebrateitbyhavi
g
pic
icswithfrie
dsorfamily．I
ma
ypartsoftheU
itedStates，LaborDayisalsothelast
dayofsummervacatio
，a
dstude
tsretur
toschoolthe
extday．
根据短文内容，选择正确答案．（1）Howlo
gdidpeopleworkadayi
factoriesi
thelate1880s？
fA．For810hours．B．For1012hours．C．For1214hours．D．For1416hours．（2）Whichca
bethebestfor▲？A．refusedtheirideasB．acceptedtheirideasC．agreedwiththemD．u
derstoodthem（3）Whatdoestheu
derli
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